Meaning
- to lose (possession)
- to lose (a game), to be defeated
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/vərˈlizə(n)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch verliesen, from Old Dutch farliesan, from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną. Cognate with German verlieren. Compare Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “loose, untie”), Latin solvō (“dissolve”), English forlorn.
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